Sheriff's Office: Suspect shot after driving car at deputy

A fleeing suspect was shot by a Lake County sheriff's deputy after trying to run the deputy over with a car, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

Lake County Sheriff's Office Lt. John Herrell said Jeremy Walker, 24, was shot on Water Oak Drive off U.S. Highway 27 in Fruitland Park.

According to the Sheriff's Office, deputies went to an abandoned home on Water Oak Drive where they believed Walker was staying to avoid authorities. Deputies had a warrant for Walker's arrest.

"Lady Lake Police Department had active warrants for him of felony battery, attempted robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon," Herrell said.

Deputies saw him in the front yard, but he refused to comply with their demands and became combative, officials said, and he got into a vehicle and drove toward a deputy.

"They were tussling with him and stuff like that. He got away, jumped in the car and he tried to take off," neighbor Herman Dawkins said.

"We heard the shots and the sirens and the ambulance," said neighbor Jamie Teate. "Then all the police came."

Walker suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Officials said he was taken to an Ocala hospital for treatment.

Officials did not say how many shots were fired.

Family members said Walker's paralyzed cousin was in the car when he tried to flee. He wasn't shot. They said Walker is a career criminal. His record showed he's been arrested eight times since 2007, mostly on drug charges.

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